Endocrine Abstracts

Sarcoidosis is a very rare inflammatory disease and UK prevalence was 8% between 2008 to 2012 of which only 15 % developed neurosarcoidosis. Our patient is a 83 year old gentleman who presented with symptoms of lethargy, low blood pressure and confusion over 2 weeks . He had multiple comorbidities including heart failure, chronic kidney disease, permanent pacemaker, hypertension. His bloods showed normocytic anaemia and raised inflammatory markers, with eosinophilia and he was...

We would like to present an interesting unusual case of fluoroquinolone induced hypoglycaemia. As per FDA Adverse Event reporting System and medical literature published between 1987–2017, fluoroquinolones are said to have caused about 67 cases of life-threatening hypoglycaemic coma including 13 deaths and 9 permanent disabling injuries, most cases were associated with levofloxacin. Its hypoglycaemic effect is more common in elderly population who are on oral hypoglycaemi...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare obstetric metabolic emergency (UK incidence 1/20.000 maternities) which typically presents in 3rd trimester or postpartum and has a high maternal and foetal mortality and morbidity (UK Maternal mortality 1.8%, perinatal mortality 104/1000 births). Diagnosis can be delayed due to lack of set diagnostic criteria, rarity and overlapping clinical presentation with many other obstetric metabolic pathologies. Urgent delivery...

We would like to report an interesting case of Graves’ disease which presented with thymic hyperplasia, bilateral generalised lymphadenopathy and hypercalcaemia, along with other typical manifestations of hyperthyroidism. A 53 year old lady was admitted following an opioid overdose as she was suffering from depression after a recent slipped disc injury which had resulted in poor mobility. She suffered an out of hospital respiratory arrest, underwent cardiopulmonary resusc...